Netanyahu: Shelve the UN Report on Gaza War

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Following the resignation of William Schabas, chairman of a U.N. committee investigating alleged Israeli "war crimes" in last summer's military confrontation with Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the whole project should be shelved.

"After the resignation of the committee chairman, who was biased against Israel, the report that was written at the behest of the U.N. Human Rights Council -- an anti-Israel body, the decisions of which prove it has nothing to do with human rights -- needs to be shelved. This is the same council that in 2014 made more decisions against Israel than against Iran, Syria and North Korea combined," Netanyahu said.
 
"It is Hamas, the other terrorist organizations and the terrorist regimes around us that need to be investigated, not Israel, which this past summer acted in accordance with international law as it defended itself against the Hamas war criminals who used residents of Gaza as human shields to fire at Israeli citizens. Israel will continue to defend itself against the terrorism that is being directed against it on all fronts," he said.

Schabas, whose reputation as an Israel basher is very well documented, cited Israeli bias against him for stepping down, saying it might prejudice the committee's report, due to be presented in March, Reuters reported.

In his letter of resignation, the Canadian law professor said he was the victim of "malicious attacks" for his "defense of human rights."